The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 123movies

Watch: The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 123movies, Full Movie Online – Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however..
Plot: Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 26,783
	82% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 409 Popularity: 9.711 | TMDB

Reviews:

Bowie as prophet and martyr
Several things about this film make it worth watching… beginning with the premise that Earth’s abundant water is what makes it rare in the galaxy.

But more intriguing is how the alien visitor, landing with absolutely nothing but the clothes on his back and a gold wedding ring, and knowing absolutely nothing about Earth culture, “gets up to speed” with astonishing, ruthless, clear-sighted rapidity…within days raising the $10,000 he offers a patent attorney for one hour of the latter’s time. In that hour, Bowie’s character outlines three basic patents — including two which we can recognize today as digital cameras and music.

A particularly fascinating scene has our newly rich and already bored alien watching about 20 TV sets at once, while holding a small, battery-powered propeller. Repeated viewings will reveal that the disparate programs (presumably actual images of television shows) occasionally “come together” to form coherent messages… at which time our hero spins the propeller.

Scary monsters
Maybe Starman David Bowie was born to play the title role in The Man Who Fell To Earth, an avant-garde disjointed sci fi film from director Nicolas Roeg.

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is an alien who lands in New Mexico with some precious rings, a British passport and some rudimentary knowledge of patents. He needs to make money so he can build a rocket ship that can transport water to his dying planet.

Newton quickly makes money through his advanced business patents, he recruits a chief scientist (Rip Torn) who discovers that he is not what he appears to be and falls in love with hotel maid (Candy Clark) who also introduces him to the delights of gin & tonic.

The government intelligence service and rival businesses decide to look closely into his activities. They throw his patent lawyer and business associate (Buck Henry) out of the window and then hold Newton captive in a hotel plying him with gin.

The film plays with time as years go by and other characters age. We have flashbacks of Newton in his home planet with his family. The most memorable scenes is that of an alien with a British passport and the famous scene of Clark urinating her underwear when Newton reveals himself as an alien.

The film has a cult following but it is not a great film. It is too trippy and unstructured leading you to ask more questions than get any answers from it. Still I cannot think of anyone else who could had played the title role in that era and Bowie goes for it full frontal.

However the combination of Bowie and Roeg makes this a landmark science fiction film of the 1970s just as worthy as Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 19 min (139 min), 1 hr 59 min (119 min) (cut) (Sweden)
Budget 1500000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Sci-Fi
Director Nicolas Roeg
Writer Paul Mayersberg, Walter Tevis
Actors David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 win & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK
Film Length 3,280 m (Sweden, cut version)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm